Symptoms
Assume that you use Master Data Services to view hierarchies in Microsoft SQL Server 2012. When you expand the Hierarchies menu within the Explorerpage, the hierarchies in the list are not alphabetically sorted.
Resolution
Service pack information for SQL Server 2012
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2012. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2755533 How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2012
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.